ORANGE FLAX POWER BITES

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These citrus power bites will give you fuel to last all day. Loaded with flax, wheat flour, nuts, and berries, these are great for a morning on the run, or for a snack throughout the day.

Provided by JJExley

Categories     Appetizers and Snacks     Fruit

Time 32m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 18

cooking spray (such as Pam®)
1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
1 cup brown sugar
¾ cup wheat and barley nugget cereal (such as Grape-Nuts®)
¾ cup ground flax seeds
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups apple chunks
4 egg whites
¾ cup skim milk
½ cup shredded carrot
¼ cup raisins
¼ cup sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins®)
¼ cup chopped walnuts
¼ cup chopped pecans
1 tablespoon grated orange zest
1 teaspoon orange extract

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a mini Bundt® cake pan with cooking spray.
  • Combine flour, brown sugar, cereal, ground flax seeds, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl. Add apple chunks, egg whites, milk, carrot, raisins, cranberries, walnuts, pecans, orange zest, and orange extract; beat with an electric mixer until batter is blended.
  • Scoop heaping spoonfuls of batter into the prepared pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 12 to 15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 259.7 calories, Carbohydrate 46.8 g, Cholesterol 0.3 mg, Fat 6.7 g, Fiber 5.9 g, Protein 6.7 g, SaturatedFat 0.6 g, Sodium 484.2 mg, Sugar 26.2 g

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